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A while back I had purchased the ReadyToFlyQuads NOX v1 test flight controller, and coming in at $35 for an AIO board that can do blheli32 it was a great deal, even with the zero documentation provided. One issue I couldn’t solve though was why I couldn’t get sbus to work on either UART port…. until now! These steps…

Overview This is a quick how-to guide on how to have Microsoft Active Directory user accounts in a security group authenticate to Cisco gear. Afterwards you’ll be able to login with AD credentials on the Cisco router/switch for easier login control and management. This guide assumes: You have a full AD environment in place You have a basic understanding of…

Intro In this guide we’ll be going over the basics of bringing up a fresh 45drives chassis with the following: Ubuntu 16.04 ZFS for linux iSCSI targeting with targetcli 45drive LSI driver installs 45drive drive naming and /dev settings Raid1 boot drives for supermicro While portions of this guide will be specific to 45drives hardware, the zfs, ubuntu, and iSCSI…

So you got yourself a bunch of shiny new Dell N4064F switches, and you want to use all of the advanced features like VRRP and MSTP. Sit down awhile and listen…. or just read these important notes for hard learned best practices when using advanced services on these higher end Dell switches. For reference I’ve built out campus wide…

Intro This is a complete how-to guide, from first boot to first file copy, on how to build your very own Gluster file storage cluster on 45drives (or any storage device capable of running Linux). It is meant to serve not only as a straight copy/pasteable recipe for creating the initial cluster and for adding nodes, but to also give…